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"for his ministry to thousands of poor children around the world." [41] [42] Bob Dornan (b. 1933) Archbp. Elias Chacour: 29 November 1939 Kafr Bir'im, Upper Galilee, Palestine 1988, 1989, 1994 "for his efforts in educating Palestinians, Jews, and Muslims on reconciliation and non-violent change in Israeli society." [43] [44]
Lorenzo Albacete (1941–2014) – priest, physicist, and theologian Albert of Castile (c. 1460 – 1522) – Dominican priest and historian Albert of Saxony (philosopher) (c. 1320 – 1390) – German bishop known for his contributions to logic and physics; with Buridan he helped develop the theory that was a precursor to the modern theory of ...
Temple Chevallier (1794–1873): priest and astronomer who did Of the proofs of the divine power and wisdom derived from the study of astronomy. He also founded the Durham University Observatory, hence the Durham Shield is pictured. [68] Robert Main (1808–1878): Anglican priest who won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1858.
"The Vitruvian Man" by Leonardo da Vinci. Many Catholics have made significant contributions to the development of science and mathematics from the Middle Ages to today. These scientists include Galileo Galilei, René Descartes, Louis Pasteur, Blaise Pascal, André-Marie Ampère, Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, Pierre de Fermat, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Alessandro Volta, Augustin-Louis Cauchy ...
Géza Vermes - world-renowned historical Jesus research scholar, Hebraist and historian of religion, best known for being an eminent translator of the Dead Sea Scrolls; [5] [6] a former Roman Catholic priest of Jewish descent, he rediscovered his Jewish roots, abandoned Christianity and converted to Liberal Judaism. [5] [6]
Stanley Tucci believes he has the answer to all of the Catholic Church’s problems.. The 64-year-old is starring as Aldo Cardinal Bellini, in Edward Berger’s forthcoming film Conclave, about an ...
A priest resigned earlier this month after his diocese discovered the baptisms he had performed were invalid because he had changed a single word. A priest changed one word. Now all baptisms by ...
"who with uncompromising clear-sightedness voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts" [142] 1982 Gabriel García Márquez Colombia: Roman Catholic [143] "for his novels and short stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination, reflecting a continent's life and ...